Michigan’s New ‘Read by Grade 3’ Law: A Guide for Parents
Parents helping their younger children transition into the regular routine of daily school attendance will find a new focus on reading as their schools and their teachers prepare students for Michigan’s new law requiring demonstrated reading competency to move from the third to fourth grade...
Kent ISD focused on improving outcomes for center-based special education students
Now that Kent ISD has completed its takeover of nine center-based special education programs, Director Paul Dymowski says it’s time to focus on improving outcomes for the nearly 1,400 students enrolled in the programs...
Governor talks grit with second-graders, budget with media
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited second-graders at Meadowlawn Elementary to talk about what it’s like to have her job. She also weighed in on state issues with the media...
Two programs become one, to help infants and toddlers
The Ken-O-Sha Home Community program will fit hand-in-glove with Kent ISD’s Early On program when Grand Rapids Public Schools transfers its special education center programs to Kent ISD this summer, leaders say. Both programs serve children with impairments from birth to 3 years old...
Overcoming homelessness to get her degree, she’s ready to help others
Jordan Lovett, once homeless, graduated from Grand Valley State University with a bachelor’s degree in social work. She is eager to advocate for others facing similar struggles to her own...
Students learn skills the fun way: making music
A group of Alto Elementary students took part in 10 one-hour sessions with a music therapist at the Franciscan Life Process Center, thanks to a grant from the Lowell Education Foundation...
Our ‘Window into Your Public Schools’ builds confidence
School News Network 'brings programs and people, and what schools are accomplishing, much more to the forefront than any other source of information.' That’s our goal, and that’s what our readers said in our annual reader survey...
Pine Grove Learning Center offers profoundly challenged students an opportunity to learn
The Pine Grove Learning Center is where 103 of the most challenged special education students and their families in Southwest Kent County find unconditional acceptance. They also find an opportunity to learn and grow despite their physical and learning disabilities...
Students progress despite their impairments at Pine Grove Learning Center
Teachers at the Pine Grove Learning Center take the long approach as they work with severely impaired students who attend the center-based program, which will transition from Grand Rapids Public Schools to Kent ISD this summer...
Five percent of third-graders could face retention under cut score for reading M-STEP
The law was approved in 2016, requiring students more than one year behind grade-level in reading to repeat third grade and receive additional support...
‘Amazing’ teachers at Pine Grove offer a beacon of hope for students like Evan
Despite his multiple impairments, 14-year-old Evan Valdivia is learning to respond to others around him thanks to teamwork by his family and the staff at Pine Grove Learning Center...
‘We all aspire to learn more’
Celebrating 30 years as a post-secondary college experience in the arts and sciences, the academy serves students with education and a place to belong...
For some students, graduating takes five or six years — ‘and that’s OK’
Districts including Kentwood, Grand Rapids and Wyoming face distinct challenges in their four-year grad rates, partly because of their large immigrant/English-language learner populations. But they are making progress under the radar...
Former EPA official sees young people leading environmental ‘reawakening’
Mustafa Santiago Ali sees passionate environmental concerns in young people all across the country, as he brings his global-warning message to students through the lens of hip-hop culture...
Inadequate funding – even in affluent districts – still short-changes students
It’s not just poorer districts feeling the pain from Michigan’s inadequate school funding, officials say. Higher-income districts are also pinched by the funding formula and having to make cuts...
Secretary DeVos should be as transparent as local superintendents in budget decisions
This guest commentary is submitted by Michael Paskewicz, former superintendent of Northview Public Schools...
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